US 11,696,490 B2
Devices using novel carbon nano-structures for energy generation
Jason Chehal, Wraysbury (GB)
Assigned to Sustainable Energy Efficient Designed Structures Limited, Sedgefield (GB)
Appl. No. 17/284,118
Filed by Seeds Capital Limited, Sedgefield (GB)
PCT Filed Oct. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/077654
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/074728, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1816575 (GB), filed on Oct. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0351368 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. H10K 85/20 (2023.01); C01B 32/18 (2017.01); H10K 30/30 (2023.01); H10K 30/82 (2023.01); H10K 30/80 (2023.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01)
CPC H10K 85/20 (2023.02) [C01B 32/18 (2017.08); H10K 30/30 (2023.02); H10K 30/80 (2023.02); H10K 30/821 (2023.02); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C01P 2004/136 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01); C01P 2006/40 (2013.01); Y02E 10/549 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for detecting or converting light or heat energy, the device comprising:
two electrical contacts; and
an active layer sandwiched between the two electrical contacts, wherein the active layer comprises one or more scrolls, characterized in that each scroll consists of a graphene sheet formed into the scroll such as to provide a structure in which the radius of curvature of the graphene sheet increases on increasing distance from the longitudinal axis of each scroll.